The news: When American fans win a major sporting event, they often like to celebrate by turning over cars and burning everything in sight. When Japanese teams lose, it turns out that fans commiserate by cleaning the stadium.

On Saturday, Japan lost its first World Cup match with the Ivory Coast by 2-1. While that could have been a demoralizing start for most sports enthusiasts, a bunch of Japanese fans who attended the event at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil decided to respond with an unbelievably classy move: cleaning up the stadium.

The team also displayed good form by bowing to the fans and thanking them for their support as clean-up began. This is what winning losers look like:

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Why did they do this? Japanese sports fans — nicknamed the Blue Samurais — are famous for their cleaning etiquette. It's customary for fans to clean up at events at home and they have demonstrated the practice at other World Cups before. But it's still jarring to see this: